OPM Director Scott Kupor earlier this month said DOGE “doesn't exist” and OPM took over many of its functions, eight months before DOGE was set to close
Good morning. I've been thinking a lot about how a fleet … Nicholas Ballasy / Just The News : DOGE officially dissolved, OPM says NDTV Profit : Trump's Government Efficiency Department Disbands 8 Mon...
A look at life in online scam compounds run by Chinese gangs on the Myanmar-Thai border, with purported Thai immigration officials luring trafficking victims
Thailand has become a key transit hub for trafficking victims … Bluesky: Adolfo Arranz / @adolfux : Over 185,000 brush strokes went into creating this visual story in “sequential art” format about gan...
Study: Grok, ChatGPT, Meta AI, Claude, Gemini, and DeepSeek can be easily used to create phishing emails targeting the elderly, despite being trained to refuse
Major AI chatbots were happy to help. — Reuters and a Harvard University researcher used top chatbots to plot a simulated phishing scam …
Meta created and let users create flirty chatbots and intimate images using the names and likenesses of Taylor Swift and other celebs without their permission
This has been a persistent problem with edge content. In addition to violating content, Meta also classifies content as “borderline” and “ambiguous.” The latter two categories vastly outweigh the fi...
Filing: OpenAI says Elon Musk talked to Mark Zuckerberg in February about backing a $97.4B OpenAI bid, but neither Zuckerberg nor Meta signed a letter of intent
for less than $100B: filings John Quintet / iPhone in Canada : Elon Musk Asked Mark Zuckerberg to Fund OpenAI Takeover: Filings Swastika Das Sharma / Livemint : Elon Musk wanted Mark Zuckerberg to joi...
A survey of 4,446 US adults on AI: 71% are concerned AI will put “too many people out of work permanently”, 61% worry about electricity consumption, and more
Reuters : Forums: r/technology Forums: r/technology : Americans Fear AI Could Wipe Out Jobs for Good
An internal policy doc shows Meta permitted its chatbots to engage in provocative behavior; Meta removed some examples, including romantic roleplay with kids
An internal Meta policy document, seen by Reuters, reveals the social-media giant's rules for chatbots, which have permitted provocative behavior …
Cisco Talos finds a flaw in the Broadcom BCM5820X chip used in Dell's ControlVault security firmware, affecting 100+ laptop models; Dell issued patches in 2025
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Starlink experienced a network outage for about 2.5 hours on Thursday; NetBlocks reports that connectivity dropped to “16% of ordinary levels”
What Caused The Global Outage And Is It Back Up Yet? Abdullah Asim / PhoneArena : Starlink goes down mere hours after T-Mobile's service goes live Reuters : Musk's Starlink says it is experiencing maj...
A senior US official says DeepSeek is aiding China's military and intel operations, going beyond open-source AI model access, and evading US export controls
AI firm DeepSeek is aiding China's military and intelligence operations, a senior U.S. official told Reuters …